EXCLUSIVE: Phillip Noyce, who helmed the pilot for ABC’s hot freshman series Revenge, is back on pilot directing duty at the network with another primetime soap. Noyce is set to direct and executive produce the Michael Seitzman-written Americana. The gig falls under Noyce’s first-look deal with ABC and ABC Studios inked last summer. Americana, from ABC Studios and studio-based Mark Gordon Co., is a soap set around a legendary fashion designer and his family and business. Noyce, repped by UTA and manager Ross Fineman, will executive produce with Seitzman, Mark Gordon and Nicholas Pepper.

Anthony and Joe Russo will direct and executive produce the NBC single-camera comedy pilotAnimal Kingdom. The office comedy centers on a House-like veterinarian who loves animals but usually hates their owners. Brian Gatewood and Alex Tanaka wrote the script and are executive producing with the Russos, Scot Armstrong and Ravi Nandan for Universal TV and American Work. The Russo brothers will direct the pilot as part of the two-year exclusive development deal they signed with Universal TV last summer. Anthony and Joe Russo, repped by WME and 3 Arts, won an Emmy for directing the pilot for Fox’s Arrested Development. The two went on to direct the pilots and executive produce NBC’s Community and ABC’s Happy Endings.

Alex Graves has signed on to direct ABC’s drama pilot 666 Park Ave. Based on Alloy’s book series by Gabriella Pierce, the show is set up at a historic apartment building in New York City and centers on a young couple who become its managers. They unwittingly begin to experience supernatural occurrences, which complicate and endanger the lives of everyone in the residence. David Wilcox (Fringe) wrote the script and is executive producing the pilot with Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo. Warner Bros. TV and Alloy Entertainment produce. Graves most recently directed the opening 2 hours of Fox’s Terra Nova. He also directed the pilot for the Fox sci-fi series Fringe, on which Wilcox later worked as a co-executive producer.